What are the symptoms of bronchopneumonia in pet dogs? How to treat it?
The main symptoms of dogs suffering from bronchopneumonia are poor breathing, stretching their heads and opening their mouths to breathe. Some puppies infected with pneumonia will have cyanosis on their tongues and protruding eyes. The auscultation shows wet rosy or twist sounds, and the X-rays can see thickening to varying degrees. Cough is the most typical symptom, it is a dumb cough, and some will cough up foamy phlegm.
1. Treatment of mild bronchopneumonia in dogs
can take antibiotics and sulfonamides to eliminate inflammation, and then take soluble expectorants such as ammonium chloride, apomorphine hydrochloride, dilute hydrochloric acid, glycerin, and distilled water to help eliminate phlegm. In addition, intravenous injection of calcium gluconate, sodium amphiba and other drugs to avoid physical strain. However, pneumonia is a serious disease, so it is recommended to seek medical treatment in time and arrange the medication reasonably according to the condition.
2. Treatment for dogs suffering from severe bronchopneumonia
If you suffer from severe pneumonia, you can't control your inflammation by taking injections and medication, and you need to be hospitalized for treatment. Spray therapy and symptomatic treatment during the hospitalization; at the same time, chest X-rays are required to understand the extent of the pneumonia, whether there is effusion, and whether its structure is damaged, so as to give the drug more reasonably.
3. Precautions for dog bronchopneumonia
Pay attention to dietary hygiene, disinfect regularly every day, keep air circulation, and replenish enough water. Do not eat dog food during pneumonia, and it is recommended that the owner make some broth. Then grind the medicine into powder and put it in the food for consumption. If it is simple pneumonia, it can be cured. But the most important thing is body temperature. If you have a high fever, you must control it, otherwise your lungs will burn out, leading to respiratory failure and the cure rate will be very low.
